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James Morra

Senior Staff Editor, Electronic Design

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Qualcomm, the largest supplier of modem chips used in mobile devices, introduced the X50 modem in 2016 to connect smartphones to 5G networks, which are expected to be 10 to 100 times faster than current LTE technology...

Three years ago, when Chinese regulators fined Qualcomm a billion dollars for gouging customers licensing its trove of wireless patents, the company escaped without having to make sweeping changes to its licensing...

Qualcomm has walked away from buying NXP Semiconductors after almost two years, interrupting its plans to expand into new markets like cars and factories. The San Diego, California-based company ended the $44 billion...

Analog Devices announced that it would acquire Siemens’ spinout Symeo as it attempts to push higher performance and higher precision radar systems into the fast growing industrial and automotive sectors. The...

In December, the 3GPP published the first draft of the 5G New Radio standard. It is an important first step toward 5G communications, but not all carrier equipment following the standard will automatically and...

Remotely monitoring for forest fires with solar-powered sensors, tracking modules installed on fleets of delivery trucks, and connecting smart meters to a local power plant are all potential applications for low power...

Last year, Infineon agreed to pay $850 million for Cree’s power and radio frequency business unit, Wolfspeed. But American officials refused to approve the deal and, after weakly toying with fixes and...

Broadcom ratcheted down its $121 billion offer for Qualcomm, which recently raised its $47 billion offer for NXP Semiconductors, putting another twist into Broadcom's attempt to become the third largest chip supplier...

Qualcomm significantly raised its offer for NXP Semiconductors, pledging to pay around $54.5 billion to sway shareholders that have been holding out for a better deal. The renewed deal also threatens to derail...